[Full-disclosure] Re: Bypassing Personal Firewall (Zone AlarmPro)Using DDE-IPC

[Florian Weimer]

* Debasis Mohanty:

> I tested this earlier, SendMessage() / SetDlgItem() / SetWindowText()
> doesn't work for the current version of ZA Products (ZA Pro / Internet Sec
> Suit). 
>
> This helps preventing the most wellknown windows local attack - Shatter
> Attack.

If I understand things correctly, in the attack Thierry describes, you
don't send window messages to windows of the Zone Alarm process (which
might be protected indeed), but to the Internet Explorer windows.